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Show I , ] I New Road Roadand and Ferry to be Opened Sept . . 17 . - , ; v as asr jjj jjja jjjv a I r h x5 x5x [ i , 1 1x5 " x y ' ' " t akyttt akyttttr tr J ' - S 4 c I . w bpd do II m'A mA m'Aw ' < I w g xi r r"w s "ws "w w "wi " : ; : : i .s s . . , c l ffia T ' , , A state operated two carferry car carfen carierr fen ferry > ) boat will w1l1 go into mto opera operatIon operatron operation carI I tIon tron at the historic histone commum commumtf communihof commumtfof ! ) of IIite Illte lute 100 miles below 11IoabBeckoning BIoab Moab 11Ioab BIoabBeckoning Beckoning Beckomng to the 1947 auto automobJ1e automobile automobile mobJ1e mobile tourist tounst Utah s newestscenic newest newestscemc newestscenic scemc scenic hIghway-the hIghway the highway - the first to tolInk tolink tolink lInk huge San Juan county wJth with wJththe withthe withthe the west central portion of the thestatewIll thestatewill thestate state-wIll state wIll - will be formally opened openedfor openedfor openedfor for travel Sept 17 by the Utah Utahdepartment Utahdepartment Utahdepartment department of publicity and m in mdustnal industrial industnal dustnal dustrial development Ded ca catIon cahon cation tIon hon services serVJces will be held at the thehlstonc thehistoric thehistoric hlstonc historic old town of HlteTounsts HiteTourists Hite Hlte HiteTourists Tourists Tounsts businessmen busmessmen ranch ranchers ranchers ranchers ers and the general public of ofsouthern ofsouthern ofsouthern southern Utah have long longwishedfor v.lshed vlshed wished v.lshedfor wishedfor . -wishedfor wishedfor - for an east west route across acrossthe acrossthe the state a means medns of travelmg traveling travelingto travelmgto to and from San Juan county countywIthout countywithout countywithout acrossI I wIthout going gomg hundreds of mIles mIlesnorthward milesnorthward milesnorthward northward and then clrclmg circling clrclmgI clrclmgback circlingback circlingback I back And then the San Juan JuanIneeds Juanneeds Juanneeds needs another open ng into Its ItsvItalsfor itsvitalsfor itsvitals Ineeds vItals-for vItals for - - for Jtofronts itsfronts it * fronts three states statesColorado statesColorado ' Colorado Arizona Anzona and New NewMexICo NewMexico , MexICo and occupies OCCupJes nearly a afIfth afifth ' fIfth of ot the area of UtahThe UtahThe Utah UtahThe The new 52 mile road lInk lInkmto linkinto linkinto mto into the San Juan from the west westbUllt westbuilt westbuilt bUllt built with Utah department of ofpublIcIty ofpublicity ofpublicity publIcIty and industrial Industnal devel development development development opment funds runs southwest southwestfrom southwestfrom southwestfrom from Hanksville HanksvJ11e Hanksvrlle m In Wayne Waynecounty Waynecounty Waynecounty county to H Hte te to the ferryboat ferryboatcross ferryboatcross ferryboatcross cross ng rig on the Colorado nver river riverHite nverHlte riverHite Hlte Hite is strategIc-It strategIc It strategic - it is the only onlyplace onlyplace onlyplace place except Moab 100 mJ1es miles mJ1esupstream milesupstream milesupstream upstream where the precJpltous precipitous precJpltouswalls precipitouswalls precipitouswalls walls of the river chasm open openup openup openup up and permit a crossing crossmg Down Downstream Downstream Downstream stream the next crossing crossmg is at atLee atLee atLee Lee s Ferry 160 mIlesFrom milesFrom miles milesFrom From Hite Hlte the new road 1 I nk nkleads nkleads nkleads leads to the Natural Bridges Bndges nat natIOnal national natlonal IOnal monument 30 miles mJ1es east eastward eastward eastward ward From the famous area a a55 55 mile road runs to Blandingon Blandmgon Blandmg Blanding on . Utah highway 47 a maJor maJorroad majorroad majorroad road of San Juan countyTo countyTo county countyTo To the tourist 10unst entering entermg Utah Utahfrom Utahfrom from Los Angeles the new UtahI road roadmeans roadmeans roadmeans I means that for the first tIme tImehe timehe timehe he may ma > conven entiv entlv visit VJsIt ZIons ZIonsBryce ZionsBryce ZionsBryce Bryce the Capitol Reef nahonal national nahonalmonument nationalmonument nationalmonument monument and then 1hen continue contmue on on140 140 miles southeast to Blandmg Blanding Blandingvia BlandmgVJa VJa via Hite HJte crossing crossmg the Colorado ( ' on carlferryboat the state operated two carl car carferryboat carferryboat ferryboat and visiting VJSltInj : ( the natu natural natural natural ral ' bridges 'brIdges en route From Blan Elan Bland Eland d ng he may drive dnve south 60 60mIles 60miles 60miles mIles to the famous Monument Monumentvalley Monumentvalley Ivalley MonumentIvalley valley then return north vIa vIaMontIcello viaMonticello viaMonticello MontIcello Moab the famous famousArches famousArches famousArches Arches national ndhonal monument and andthence andthence andthence thence on to Greennver GreenrIVer Priceand Pnce Price Pnceand Priceand and Salt Lake City CJty Tounsts Tourists Tounstsfrom Touristsfrom Touristsfrom from the north may retrace the theroute theroute theroute route just mentioned vIsItIng vIsItIngPnce visitingPrice visitingPrice Pnce Price the Greennver GreenrJver Greenriver geyser geyserwh geyserwh gevserwh wh ch shoots as high as Yellow Yellowstone Yellowstone Yellowstone stone sOld s Old Faithful rmthful raithful the Arches ArchesMonument ArchesMonumerft ArchesMonument Monument Monumerft Valley the brJdges bridges brJdgesthence bridgesthence bridgesthence thence over over to Wayne Wonder Wonderland Wonderland Wonderland land and the parks before pro proceedmg proseeding proceeding ceedmg seeding on to Los Angeles orArizona or orAnzona orArizona Anzona Arizona All in all the road roadprovJdes roadprovides roadprovides provJdes provides a circular route VJa via VJamost viamost viamost most of Utah s scenic scemc attractIons attraction attractIonsfor attractionfor attraction'for attractionfor ' for the 1he first time m In on the state : chistory hIstory without do doubl ubi ng backWhIle backWhile back backWhile While the 140 miles Hanks Hanksvllle Hanksvine Hanksville vllle vine to Blanding Blandmg is a graveled graveledroad graveledroad gravelecroad road without wltho\lt wltho lt \ even so much as a astore astore store or a gas station at present presentthe presentthe presentthe Istore the route penetiates penetrates the state states statesmost statesmost 5 5most most isolated Jsolated and unknown unknowncountr unknowncountry unknowncountry countr country ) a paradise for the stu student student student dent of geology geolog explorer and andtOUrist andtourist andtourist tOUrist seeking seekmg the vast unkn unknown unknown unknown own a country chuck full iull of ofeVIdences ofevidences ofevidences eVIdences of a once great race raceof raceof raceof of prehistor prehlstor c red man and andmIghty andmighty andmighty mIghty geological dIsturbancesHltenamed disturbancesHitenamed disturbances disturbancesHite Hlte-named Hlte named Hite-named Hite Hite - named for Cass Hite a aprospector aprospector aprospector prospector who forded the Colotado Colo Coloi'ado Colorado i'ado iado tado ' river in m 1883 at the present presentferry presentferry presentferry ferry crossing crossmg bearing bearmg his nameIS nameis name nameis -IS IS - is a thousand feet lower in m alt altItude altitude altitude Itude than Salt Sa1t Lake City That Thatthe Thatthe Thatthe the area bids fair to rival nval st stGeorge StGeorge StGeorge George s w nier nter popularity populanty is isIndIcated isindicated isindicated IndIcated by the town s present presentleadmg presentleading presentleading leadmg leading citizen Arthur L CaffIn Caffm-Mr Caffm Mr . . - Mr Chaffm Chaffin whose present prescnt oce occ ocecupatIon occeupation occcupation cupatIon eupation is over overseeing oeem < the state stateIlroad stateroad stateiroad road construction in m the VlClmtymatures vicinitymatures vicinity VlClmty Ilroad | matures peaches almonds dates on the Colorado liver llver ( ever on onSept onSept onSept Sept 17 On that div dw d1y the re recently recently recently cently completed road from fromlIanksvllle fromIlanksvilie fromIIanksville lIanksvllle Ilanksvilie to Blanding Blandmg willfigs will willfigs I figs olives and water melons melonson on his 160 aore acre homestead earl earller earlier earller ler ier than is done in m Utah s DIxIe DIxIefar Dixiefar Dixiefar far to the southwestOther southwest southwestOther Other residents of Hite Hlte are arefew arefew arefew few and include mclude Mr and Mrs MrsMorton MrsMorton MrsMorton Morton Guyman and their son sonWallas sonWallas sonWallas Wallas Guyman and wife All Allha Allhate Allhave ha\ ha hae hate \ e taken up hom homesteads < > steads In Inthe inthe inthe the VJCInlt vicinity ) Water for irrigation irrigationpurposes irrigationpurposes purposes is drawn from a small smallreservoIr smallreservoir smallreservoir reservoIr constructed by the themen themen themen themenBack men menBack Back in 111 ui 1915 when gold was wasbeing wasbeing beIng mined mmed by placer methods methodson on the Colorado Hite Hlte had sev several several several eral dozen residents resJdents and even a apost apost apost post off ce cc In fact Hite was est establIshed established established ablIshed in on 1892 when a large largegold largegold largegold gold dredge was put in m operationon operahonon operahon operation on the Colorado river nver The ven yen venture yentune venture ture tune proved a failure and to day daylust dayjust Just lust the ; stem ctem of the dredge dredge.s dredges . , s der del derrick derrick > - rick nck is to be seen pr prptrud prQtrud ) trud ng ngfrom ngfrom ngIrom from the shifting shlftmg sands of the themIghty themighty themighty mIghty stream s river banks banksThIs banksThis banksThis ThIs occurred when gold was wasworth wasworth wasworth worth only $20 20 $ an ounce Today Todayit It is worth $35 35 $ an ounce and Ar Arthur Arthur Arthur thur Chaff n foresees much pIa pla pIacel placea placei cel cea mining mmmg activity on the rIver rIvernow rivernow , now that it is accessible accessJble by the thenewly thenewly thenewly newly constructed roadHite roadHIte road roadHite Hite is JS favorably situated to topermIt topermit topermit permIt reasonably safe and and andexcltmg andexciting andexciting excltmg exciting bpat beat trips down the Co Colorado Colorado Colorado lorado river o 0 Lee s ferry a dls dis dlstance distance distance tance of 160 miles mJ1es In fact Mr MrChaffIn MrChaffin MrChaffm ChaffIn predicts that soon mostof most mostof mostof of Utah s boat owners will flock flockto flockto flockto to Hite HJte for a trip tnp on the Colo Colorado Colorado Colorado rado During Durmg August September Septemberand Septemberand Septemberand and October Harry Aleson well wellknown wellknown wellknown known river man of Boulder BoulderCIty Bouldercity BoulderCity CIty Nev will operate regular regularly regularly regularly ly ly scheduled boat trips tnps tram from tramHIte fromHite fromHite HIte to Lee s ferry every 15 15days 15days 15days days ' carrying 'Carrymg Carrymg at least four pas passengers passengers passengers sengers on each trip Such trips a Congressman GrangerAddresses Granger GrangerAddresses GrangerAddresses Addresses Local Meeting Meetingw ' < " " ' - 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[ ' : - > ' w A 0 " , : ) t ta ta tI tHalter \ " ' < ' " ' "f f " 'f f 'f4k < ( ' t 4k a * : a If1 If /1 1 / ' " I ! \ Walter Halter \ K GrangerWalter Granger GrangerWalter I IWalter Walter K Granger congre.s congres congre.sIman congresman congressman . , Iman man from the First Utah dls dis dlstnct distact distnct tnct tact who is JS the DemocratIcIcandldate Democraticcandidate Democratic Democraticcandidate Icandldate ( candidate to succeed himself himselfwas himselfwas himselfwas was a visitor VISJtot " in m \ Moab 1\Ioab 1 Ioab 'Wonday Wonday Monday 'Wondayaccompamed Mondayaccompanied ' Mondayaccompanied accompamed accompanied by Mrs Granger GrangerCongressman GrangerCongressman GrangerCongressman Congressman Granger was the thespeaker thespeaker thespeaker speaker at a public meeting meetmg held heldm heldin heldin m in the county court house Mon Monday Monday iMonday day evening evenmg which was attended attend attended attended ed by a large audience He gave gavean gavean gavean an interesting mtercstmg talk regardmg regarding regardmgvanous regardingvarious regardingvarious vanous various government agencJes agencies agencJestouchIng agenciestouching agenciestouching touchIng on re reo lamation graz gran grazmg graning grazing mg ing road construction and other othermatters othermatters othermatters matters of interest mterest locally He Hepreferred preferred Ireferred referred to political matters mattersonlv mattersonly mattersonlv onlv only bneflyCongre"sman brieflyCongressman briefly bnefly brieflyCongre&sman I bneflyI Congre&sman Congresman Congre"sman Congressman & " and Mrs Gran GranIer Granger Granger Ier ger ! went on to SanJuan San \ ( Uuan \Juan Juan countyTuesday county countyTuesday countyTuesday Tuesday T " be opened The photo byLuce by byLuce byLuce Luce is published publIshel ( . through throughcourtesy throughcourtesy throughcourtesy courtesy of the Salt Lake Tn Tri Tnbune Tribune Tnbune Tnbuneare bune buneare are prov proY prow ' ng highly attr attrtactive attractive chve to towealthy towealthy wealth wealthy ) eastern toursts and already al already already ready Mr Aleson is JS booking bookmg pas passengers passengers passengers sengers for 1947 with trips tnps be begmnmg beginning beginning gmnmg ginning next ne"t net " AprilThe April AprilThe : The automobile ferry at HIte HIteand Hiteand Hiteand and byMi wnich wfilch wnoeh will be operated by ' 1\1:1 1 1:1 11 Mi \ ' : Chaffm Chaffin is a 20 ton affairhaving affair affairhavmg affairhaving havmg having fa ilities 11Ihes ihties for carrymg carrying carrymgtwo carryingtwo carryingtwo two cars across the river The Theferry Theferry Theferry ferry is JS held on its Jts course courseaga courseaga courseaga aga nst the river rJver CUI cuirent rent by a ahuge ahuge huge steel cable and and is JS operated , by operatedby an automobile engine engme Theboat The Theboat Iboat boat has the d stmction stinctoon of bemg being bemgthe beingthe ' the only ferry in m Utah and andIshould andshould andshould Ishould should during1947 see heavy duty durmg during ! 1947 the centennial centenmal : } year ear 11947 |